Launch Vehicle Comparison
Running head: [ A Lunar Launch Vehicle Comparison ]
[ Lunar Launch Vehicle Comparison: Saturn V and Ares I ] [ Damon L. Webb ]
ACSI 512 [ Embry Riddle Aeronautical University ]
7/23/2009
Kevin Allen
Lunar Launch vehicle comparison 4 Saturn Launch Vehicle 4 History and Development 4 Technologies 6 Launch Sequence 7 Ares Launch Vehicle 8 History and Development 8 Ares I 9 Technologies 9 Launch Vehicle Comparison 10 Conclusion 11
Figure 1 | Rocketdyne F-1 and J-2 engines (Downward, J-2 Engine , 1960) 4 12
Figure 2 | Instrument Unit built by IBM (Downward, 2005) 6 12
Figure 3 | Ares I (NASA/MSFC, 2008) 8 12
Table 1 | Launch Vehicle Comparison (Wade, 2008), (Wade, Saturn V, 2008) 10 12 References 13
Lunar Launch vehicle comparison
In order to have a successful mission to the moon you have to have a powerful and reliable rocket. A lot of research is required to design and launch a vehicle of this caliber. The US already successfully undertaken one program to reach the moon; this program is known to the world as the Apollo programs. In this program the US’s space agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was responsible for the design and deployment of arguably the most powerful rocket ever built, Saturn V. That was the 1960’s, here in the 2000’s the Apollo program is history and the Saturn V has been retired. There is a new program though that is designed to return US Astronauts to the moon once again and eventually to Mars. This program is called Constellation. The launch vehicle that will do the heavy lifting for this program is the Ares V and the Ares I will launch humans into space. This paper seeks to compare the old lunar launch vehicle to the new lunar launch vehicle and highlight the differences.
Saturn Launch Vehicle
History and Development
The history of the Saturn launch vehicle dates back as early as 1950. The Saturn Rocket family was the result of several other rocket research including
[ Lunar Launch Vehicle Comparison: Saturn V and Ares I ] [ Damon L. Webb ]
ACSI 512 [ Embry Riddle Aeronautical University ]
7/23/2009
Kevin Allen
Lunar Launch vehicle comparison 4 Saturn Launch Vehicle 4 History and Development 4 Technologies 6 Launch Sequence 7 Ares Launch Vehicle 8 History and Development 8 Ares I 9 Technologies 9 Launch Vehicle Comparison 10 Conclusion 11
Figure 1 | Rocketdyne F-1 and J-2 engines (Downward, J-2 Engine , 1960) 4 12
Figure 2 | Instrument Unit built by IBM (Downward, 2005) 6 12
Figure 3 | Ares I (NASA/MSFC, 2008) 8 12
Table 1 | Launch Vehicle Comparison (Wade, 2008), (Wade, Saturn V, 2008) 10 12 References 13
Lunar Launch vehicle comparison
In order to have a successful mission to the moon you have to have a powerful and reliable rocket. A lot of research is required to design and launch a vehicle of this caliber. The US already successfully undertaken one program to reach the moon; this program is known to the world as the Apollo programs. In this program the US’s space agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was responsible for the design and deployment of arguably the most powerful rocket ever built, Saturn V. That was the 1960’s, here in the 2000’s the Apollo program is history and the Saturn V has been retired. There is a new program though that is designed to return US Astronauts to the moon once again and eventually to Mars. This program is called Constellation. The launch vehicle that will do the heavy lifting for this program is the Ares V and the Ares I will launch humans into space. This paper seeks to compare the old lunar launch vehicle to the new lunar launch vehicle and highlight the differences.
Saturn Launch Vehicle
History and Development
The history of the Saturn launch vehicle dates back as early as 1950. The Saturn Rocket family was the result of several other rocket research including
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